Mezzotint on Zerkall Copperplate (dead stock)

Edition of 20

2 3/8 x 1 7/8 inches (plate impression)

7 ¼ x 6 inches (paper)

Remaining 15 from edition will become available on website after October 2025.

This is a depiction of the interior spiral staircase of the neo-Gothic historical water tower located in Gliwice on Sobieskiego Street. The water towers are witnesses to the industrial and extractive history of southern Poland; its energy policies, politics, and climate crises. Climate events are increasing in frequency and destruction, a stark contrast to the days of water towers. I am exploring these early industrialization period structures as a visual metaphor for society’s use and control of water, working with gravity and natural forces, as opposed to two centuries of industrialization later, unrestricted burning of fossil fuels and heating the earth, when we no longer have control.

This edition is printed on Zerkall Copperplate remaining stock. The German mill flooded in 2021.